Fresh Watermelon Martini

I’ve included a bit of Limoncello in this cocktail although I typically use orange liqueur but when you’ve made your own Limoncello…well, can you blame me? The watermelon I got was so tiny and so ripe that any addition of simple syrup would have been overkill. Still, use your own judgement, if you need a bit more sweetener go ahead and add some simple syrup (boil equal amounts of sugar and water until the sugar dissolves and then cool).

If you saw my recent post for a Lemon Drop Martini (if not, go there…the best I’ve ever had!) than you know I’m enamored with these sugar crystals I used on the rim. They’re typically used for decorating cake and cookies but I just love them for this purpose. Combining them with some kosher salt makes for a nice mix with the watermelon; this one’s a winner!

By the way; if you are a ‘Martini’ purist and think it blasphemy to call this a martini…that’s your right. But popular culture changes a lot of things and today, drinks served in a martini glass are often called martinis. You call a ground beef patty a hamburger don’t you? Where’s the ham? 🙂

Watermelon Martini

A perfect cocktail for summer with fresh, juicy watermelon. Seedless are best for making this cocktail!

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup kosher salt

6 oz fresh watermelon juice (I used a seedless watermelon so mixed it in my food processor and then strained it through a metal strainer).

2 & 1/2 oz good vodka

2 & 1/2 oz Limoncello or orange liqueur

1 oz fresh lime juice

Ice

Watermelon wedges for garnish

Directions

Chill 2-3 glasses in your fridge or freezer 10 minutes before making the cocktail.

Combine the sugar and salt and spread it on a flat bread plate. Dampen the rim of your glass with water or lime juice and dip it in the sugar/salt mixture. (Save the leftover mixture for another occasion).

Combine the watermelon juice, vodka, liqueur and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 6-8 times.

Strain and pour the mixture into the prepared glasses and garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Yes…and ugh it has been. Really only deathly ill for one day but now a week of feeling bleh. A bit better every day but just amazed at the havoc that little bug wrought for me! I know I’m ready for a drink. Stat.

Since I saw this come across my Twitter feed the other day, I’ve been meaning to come over to fully check it out. I wanted this drink at 9am that day!! First, I’m so sorry to hear about your bout of food poisoning 🙁 That’s awful! Hope you’re feeling better these days. Secondly, I’m headed right over to Gwen’s site to lay my eyes all over this wonderful watermelon martini. xoxo

I did it to myself. That dish that set out…that one with cauliflower with cheese? Oh yeah…under that cheese WAS some mayo. Was sick within 90 minutes of having a couple of bites. DUMB. All my very own fault.

Ugh… I am so sorry you’ve had a case of FP…. definitely no fun and I hope you are taking care of yourself!!! That martini is gorgeous and sounds like the perfect summer cocktail.. hopefully you’ll be enjoying one very soon!!

Poor, Barb..I’ve been through food poisoning and it was so bad it landed me in the hospital on IV fluids because I couldn’t keep anything down. Glad yours hasn’t reached those proportions, but it sucks no matter what. That said, I adore Gwen and her blog..what a fantastic, refreshing martini..the color is beautiful. As always, I need to pop over there 🙂

I’m sorry that you had food poisoning and hope you are coming around to feeling more like yourself. This martini from Gwen looks wonderful and with temps at only 0 here today with high winds, I’m imagining sipping this out on a sun-drenched deck 😉

What a beautiful drink, so amazing, the picture is so gorgeous I wish I could reach my hand through the computer screen and grab it. So sorry about the FP, I had it last year, tainted cantaloupe it’s no fun for sure. Feel better!

Oh wow! My mouth is watering. What a beautiful drink. I hope you are feeling better Barb. I think you are kind of like me and will eat anything once so the odds are good that food poisoning just might get us sooner or later. Sorry it got you, but maybe you are done with it now.

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